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NEW DELHI, (IANS):
Confirming their alliance, the INDIA bloc constituents AAP and Congress on
Saturday announced their seat sharing tie-up for the forthcoming Lok Sabha
elections for Delhi, Gujarat, and Haryana
Out
of the seven seats in Delhi, the AAP will contest on the four Lok Sabha seats
of New Delhi, West Delhi, South Delhi and East Delhi while the Congress has
been allocated three seats, namely Chandni Chowk, North East and North West
Delhi.
Though
an agreement couldn't be reached in Punjab, the AAP has been given one seat,
Kurukshetra in Haryana while the Congress will be contesting on nine seats in
the state.
During
the last Lok Sabha elections, the AAP and Congress did not win a single seat in
Delhi. Out of the seven seats, the Congress was the runner up on five while the
AAP was runner up on two seats, i.e. North West and South Delhi.
Addressing
a joint Press conference with AAP minister Atishi, Congress General Secretary
and MP Mukul Wasnik stated that out of the seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi the
former would contest on four seats while the grand old party would fight on
three.
As
an agreement couldn't be reached between the two parties regarding Punjab, both
will contest the polls separately there. However, as per the seat sharing pact,
the Congress will field its candidate from Chandigarh.
In
Gujarat, the Congress is contesting on 24 out of 26 Lok Sabha seats, while the
AAP has been given the two seats of Bharuch and Bhavnagar.
In
Goa, the Congress candidates will contest on both Lok Sabha seats.
Addressing
the media, Atishi said that the AAP has been an important pillar of the INDIA
bloc from the beginning.
“We
have been working for the success of the INDIA bloc. While negotiations and
seat distribution with the Congress took time, the AAP has consistently made it
clear that we are part of the alliance and will contest elections together,”
she said.
